Picture-frame.



No. 696.502. Patented Apr. I, 1902.

B. SEEBACH.

PICTURE FRAME.

(Application filed Aug. 7, 1900.) (No Model.)

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 696,502, dated April 1,1902.

Application filed August 7,1900. Serial No. 26,121. (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that I, REINHARDT Snnunon, a citizen of the United States ofAmerica, residing in the borough of Manhattan, city of New York, in theState of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inPicture-Frames, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to picture-frames, and especially to improvementsin picture-frames constructed wholly of metal.

The object of my invention is to produce a picture-frame that is simplein construction, inexpensive to manufacture, and that can be easily andquickly assembled, so that the parts of the frame will be held againstaccidental disengagement and the picture or object contained thereinwill be protected from injury.

The accompanying drawings illustrate several forms of constructionembodying my invention, and my invention will be described herein withreference thereto.

In said drawings, Figure 1 represents a front elevation of my improvedframe, the picture or other object to be held thereby being removed.Fig. 2 represents a side elevation of the same. Fig. 3 represents acentral vertical section of the frame and a picture or similar objectheld therein. Fig. 4 shows a rear elevation of a different form ofpictureframe embodying my invention. Fig. 5 is a central verticalsection of the same, showing the picture or other object therein.

The casing 1 of the frame may be-of any preferred outline and isprovided with a large central opening 2. The rim portion 3 of the casingthat surrounds the central opening is bent to form an overhanging lip orilango 4E. The body portion 5 of the casing is flared outwardly from therim portion, and its outer edge is bent at an angle theretosubstantially parallel to the rim portion, forming a circumferentialflange 6. Said flange is provided with a groove or recess 7 extendingentirely or partially around same. The back 8 of the frame consists,preferably, of a single piece of metal provided with an annular flange9, formed approximately at right angles thereto. Said flange is providedwith beads or projections 10 to engage and interlock with thecorresponding recess or recesses provided in the outer flange of thecasing. The central portion of the back is preferably bent ordish-shaped, so that the resiliency of the metal may be utilized inholding the bead and the groove in engagement with each other. Thepicture or other object'll to be held in the frame rests in the seatformed by the rim portion and the overhanging lip or flange,which doesnot extend inwardly as far as the junction of the rim and the bodyportion, and is prevented from outward displacement by means of the lip.Said picture may be protected by plates of glass or plates of glass andwood 12. A spring 13 is secured to the back and presses against thepicture or one of its protecting-plates and holds the same firmly, butyieldingly, to its seat.

If preferred, the back of the frame may be secured to the casing bymeans of a hinge 14, in which case the frame is closed and the back isheld in engagement with the casing by means of an interlocking bead andgroove formed opposite the hinge. A ring 15 or other means for attachingthe frame to a suitable support may be secured to the back, if desired.

The picture or other object to be held in the frame with itsprotecting-plates is placed in the seat formed by the lip and the rimportion of the casing. The back is then secured in place by engaging theinterlocking beads and grooves formed in the back and the ensing,respectively. The spring secured to the back is thus brought to bearagainstthe picture or other object and holds the picture firmly, butyieldingly, to its seat, so that the frame can be moved'withoutdisplacing the picture or other object contained therein.

The frame consists, essentially, of only two parts, each of which isformed of a single piece of metal. The parts can be easily and quicklyassembled, as the back is merely snapped into place, and the resiliencyof the metal crowds the bead on the back into the groove in the casingand securely holds the same against accidental disengagement. Theflaring body portion of the casing provides ample space for theinsertion of plates of glass or plates of glass and wood, cardboard,

or similar material to protect the picture or other object to bedisplayed. Displacement or disarrangement of the picture and itsprotecting-plates is effectually prevented by i tached to said back tohold a picture against 10 means of the yielding spring secured to thesaid rim. frame, which holds same to its seat. In testimony whereofIsign this application, I claim as my inventionin the presence of twoWitnesses, this 36. day In a picture-frame, the combination with a ofAugust, 1900.

rim for holdingapicture and havingagrooved REINHARDT SEEBAOH. flange, ofa detachable convex resilient back \Vitnessesz adapted to engage saidflange and be held 1 JOHN M. SOOBLE,

therein by its resiliency, and a spring ati ROSWELL S. NICHOLS.

